Youth football: Angmering make it a black day for Avisford

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Avisford Youth 1 Angmering Youth Black 3

Avisford slipped to their second successive defeat against a well-organised Angmering outfit.

The home side got off to a lively start. Four minutes in, Angmering were penalised for a back pass. Alfie Greene’s indirect free-kick from a lay-off was well-saved by Arundel keeper Tommy Quinn.

But three minutes later, against the run of play, the away side took the lead. Toby Westbrook fired into the top corner past Layton Cummings. Avisford were becoming over-run in midfield, and on 14 minutes Angmering doubled their lead as Westbrook netted his second of the game to give them a comfortable half-time lead.

Avisford improved after the break as they tried to plug the gaps in the middle of the park. It took only four minutes of the second half to find a way back into the game. Matt Kill was last season’s top scorer and he opened his account for this campaign with a smartly-taken penalty after a handball in the area.

Jake Longley was agonisingly close to an equaliser, but his floated free-kick bounced inches wide of the Angmering goal as Avisford pressed.

However it was a counter attack two minutes from time that put the game out of reach for the home side. Kallum Burdfield reacted quickest to a rebound after Cummings made a fine save from Bradley Whitehead’s shot to make it 3-1.

Avisford will be disappointed to have lost their opening two games. But they have a chance to make amends as they next host Felpham Colts Rangers, another club who were promoted from D division last season on Sunday at Rose Green.

Avisford man of the match was Alex Jones.

AVISFORD: Cummings, Jones, Longley, Greene, Brian, McGinley, Copeland. Subs: Kill, Nowak.

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Chichester City Colts White 5 Worthing Town Green 0

In the first round of the Challenge Cup, Colts made the breakthrough with a goal from Jake O’Brennan in the third minute. The Colts kept up the early pressure and Ryan Johnson scored his first of the day.

It was one-way traffic and the Colts scored again, this time from a wonderful free-kick from Rhys Rawlings, so it was 3-0 to the Colts at half-time.

The second half started much like the first, with constant pressure from Chichester.

During a great passage of play, Ryan Johnson was brought down in the box. He dusted himself down and scored the resulting penalty to make it 4-0. With seconds to go, Jake Wells put the icing on the cake with a brilliant 35-yard shot.

Man of the match was Ryan Johnson.

COLTS: Briant, McGreal, Wilson, Breeze, Moore, Rawlings, O’Brennan, Scott, Tilbury, Wells, Stone, Johnson.

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Midhurst & Easebourne 0 Chichester City Colts 8